The Spots Blog
Stories, guides,
and product updates.
Merchant how-tos, developer releases, platform news, and the story behind building Spots — written by the Digicore team.
How to set up your base-consumption inventory pools
A step-by-step walkthrough of defining ingredient pools, linking product variants, and letting Spots calculate your available stock in real time.
Getting your first custom order request and responding with a quote
Learn how to enable the custom request module, what information to ask clients for upfront, and how to send a tokenised payment link once you agree on a price.
Building your first Spots theme: a React + Vite walkthrough
Everything you need to go from a blank Vite project to a fully deployed theme on the Spots marketplace — API integration, metadata spec, and CLI deployment.
Distance-based delivery fees: how the calculation engine works
A deep dive into how Spots computes road distance via Google Maps, applies your per-km rate, and falls back to Haversine geometry when the API is unavailable.
Consultation bookings: turning your calendar into a revenue stream
How to configure your booking slots, set deposit requirements for tasting sessions, and use automated reminders to reduce no-shows.
The Spots theme metadata spec: supported business types and modules
A full reference for the spots-theme.json file — every key, every accepted value, and what the compatibility engine checks before listing your theme.